Match-safe.



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MATCH SAFE.

APPLIOATION FILED snr'r. 9,1908.

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MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED 8BPT.9, 1908.

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Patented July 6,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAKOB BORTII, OF HEBREID, SOUTH DAKOTA.

MATCH-SAFE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAKOB Bonrn, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at I-Ierreid, in the county of Campbell, State of South Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to match safes and has special reference to thattype of match safe which is provided with mechanism for ejecting asingle match and simultaneously lighting the same.

One object of the invention is to provide, in a safe of the characterdescribed, an improved form of lighting mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form of ejectingmechanism of improved character and having a novel match clamping deviceconnected therewith.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ingeneral. of a match safe provided with spring actuated ejectingmechanism comprising a holder arranged to open by means of a spring andclose by means of other springs, a third spring to move said holderforward, means for retracting the holder and lighting mechanism.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of constructionand combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illus trated inthe accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the several views, and; Figure 1 is a side elevation of a matchsafe constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a top planview thereof. Fig. 3 is a section through the safe taken on the line 1-2of Fig. 2 and showing the aperture in retracted position. Fig. 4 is asimilar view showing an aperture in the position assumed when the matchis projected. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 3-4 of Fig. 1. Fig.6 is a detail perspective view showing the match clamp. Fig. 7 is adetail perspective of the igniting device.

The numeral 10 indicates the body of the match safe and this body isopen at one end as shown and is there provided with a closure 11 hingedto the body as at 12 and normally held in closed position by means of alatch Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 9, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 452,251.

13. By means of this closure matches are introduced in that portion ofthe safe which is preferably termed. the reservoir and is indicated bythe numeral 14.

Within the case is positioned a pair of synclinally arranged partitionsslightly separated at their proximate edges as indicated. at 16 topermit the passage of a single match therethrough.

Within that portion of the case containing the actuating mechanism isprovided a plate 17 adapted to slide longitudinally of the case inguides 18 secured to the side walls of said ease. Depending downwardfrom this plate is an arm 19 which is bent to lie in parallel. relationto the plate, the parallel portion being indicated by the numeral 20.Upon one of the walls of the case is provided a lug 21 suitablyperforated to receive the arm and a spring 22 is secured to said lug atone end and to the downwardly extending arm 19 at the opposite end. Thisspring 22 is a tension spring and normally serves to hold the parts inthe position indicated in Fig. 4.

Secured to the plate 17 is a match clamp composed of a pair of springmembers provided with feet riveted or otherwise at-- tached to saidplate. Extending upward from these feet the match clamp forms a pair ofspring arms 24 which diverge from a point adjacent the feet Above thesethe arms are formed with arcuate jaws 25 having roughened interiorsurfaces as indicated at 26 and being further provided with. an upwardlyextending pair of lips 27 arranged, when the device is closed, to extendacross the slot 16 to prevent a match from dropping out of the reservoir14.

lligidly secured on the plate 17 is a spring arm 28 provided at one endwith a slot 29 which is arranged to closely embrace the portions 24 ofthe match holder just described. This slot is so portioned that if thesame be forced up along the portions 24 of the match holder, the lips 27will be closed while if the arm 28 be depressed so that the slot 29 isadjacent the feet 23, the arms 24 will spring open and permit a match tofall within the roughened jaws 25. In order that this may be properlyaccomplished the arm 28 is made of sufficient resilience to normallyovercome the resilience of the arms 24.

For the purpose of permitting the arm 28 to be depressed there isprovided in the side of the safe a slot 30 having an enlarged portion 31to form a retaining notch and at the opposite end a pair of oppositelydisposed notches 32 and 33. Attached to the arm 23 is an arm 34 whichprojects through the slot and is provided on its outer end with anactuating button 35. At the top of the safe there is formed an aperture36 upon each side thereof is positioned an igniting plate comprising aflat portion 37 secured to the top of the safe and. an arcuate portion38 extending therein. and with the side thereof adj acent opening 36roughened as indicated at 39.

In the operation of the device let it be assumed that the parts are inthe position indicated in Fig. 3. If it be desired to eject a match thebutton is moved to depress the spring 28. This opens the jaws 25 and.permits the stem of a match to fall therein. The button is then pushedslightly forward into the slot and owing to the peculiar shape of thisslot the spring 28 will receive and clamp the matches firmly between thejaws 25. The button is then released. As soonv as this is done thespring will force the plate 17 with the clamping device thereon rapidlyforward into the position shown in Fig. 4-. This will cause the head ofthe match to pass outward through the opening 36, contacting at the sametime with the roughened face 39 of the igniter and lighting the same. Asthe device reaches the forward end of this movement the arm 34 willspring upward into the notch 33 and the match will thus be clamped evenmore firmly and held from retracting within the safe. If it be desiredto release the match when in this position the button 35 is moved tospring the arm 34 into the notch. 32. This will depress the arm 28 andpermit the aws 25 to open and release said match. For the purpose ofrendering the operation clear the matches are numbered as 40. It will benoted that there is provided a spring ejector, a spring clamp to holdthe match and springs to open the match holding jaws and release thesame.

It is obcious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore wished to confine the inventionto the exact form herewith shown and described but it is desired toinclude all such as properly come within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In amatch safe, a case provided with a delivery opening at one end, a matchclamp held to slide in said case, comprising a pair of spring armsnormally tending to separate, a third spring arm normally holding thefirst arms closed, a spring normally tending to force said clamp towardsaid opening, and means on the third arm to permit the operation thereoffrom the outside of the case.

2. In. a match safe, a case provided with an opening at one end, a match(ElH-IDPllGhl to slide in said case comprising a b air of divergingspring arms normally tending to separate, a third spring arm providedwith a slot embracing said pair of arms to normally hold the sameclosed, a spring normally tending to force said clamp toward saidopening and means on the third arm to permit the operation thereof fromthe outside of the case.

3. in a match safe, a case provided with a delivery opening at one end,a match reservoir formed in said case by spaced partitions, a matchclamp held to slide in said case exterior of said. reservoir and.comprising a pair of spring arms normally tending to separate, a thirdspring arm normally holding the first arms closed, a spring normallytending to force said clamp toward. said opening and means on the thirdarm to permit the operation thereof from the outside of the case.

4. In a match safe, a case provided with an opening at one end, a pairof synclinally arranged plates with. their proximate edges in spacedrelation held in said case to separate the same into a reservoir and adelivery space, a match clamp held to slide in said delivery spacecomprising a pair of diverging spring arms normally tending to separate,a third spring arm provided with a slot embracing said pair of arms tonormally hold the same closed, a spring normally tending to force saidclamp toward said opening and. means on the third arm to permit theoperation thereof from the outside of the case.

5. In a match safe, a case provided with a delivery opening at one end,an igniter held in said case adjacent said delivery oaening, a matchclamp held. to slide in said case comprising a pair of spring armsnormally tending to separate, a third spring arm normally holding thefirst arms closed, a tension spring normally tending to force said clamptoward said opening and means on the third arm to permit the operationthereof from the outside of the case.

6. In a match safe, a case provided with a delivery opening at one end,and a longitudinal slot having a notch at the end opposite the deliveryopening, a match clamp held to slide in said case comprising a pair ofdi verging spring arms normally tending to separate, a third spring armprovided with a slot embracing said pair of arms to normally hold thesame closed, a spring normally tending to force said clamp toward saidopening, a lateral arm fixed to said third arm and passing through theslot in the case, said lateral arm being arranged to enter the notch atthe rear of said slot to hold said last mentioned spring expanded.

7. In a match safe, a case provided with a delivery opening at one endand. a slot formed at the front end, a pair of spaced partitions held insaid case to separate the saine into a match reservoir and a deliverychamber, a match clamp held to slide in said case comprising a pair ofdiverging spring arms nordelivery spring normally tending to force saidclamp toward said opening, a lateral arm held on said third arm andpassing through the slot in the case to permit the operation of thedevice from the outside of said case.

In testimony whereof, I afllX my signamally tending to separate, awsformed on ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

said arms provided With lips extending across the spaces of saidpartitions When the chambers are closed, a third spring arm normallytending to hold the first arms closed, a

JAKOB BOB-TH. Vitnesses JAcoB Frsennn, DAVID LEIDLY.

